Marvel star Salma Hayek has replaced Westworld's Thandiwe Newton in the third Magic Mike film, Magic Mike's Last Dance.
Deadline quotes a Warner Bros spokesperson as stating: "Thandiwe Newton has made the difficult decision to step away from the production of Warner Bros Pictures' Magic Mike's Last Dance to deal with family matters."
The film is currently in production in London, with the first film's director Steven Soderbergh returning to helm the project. Magic Mike XXL director Gregory Jacobs is serving as a producer.
The role, as well as the plot of the third film in the series, is being kept under wraps at the moment.
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Thandiwe, who has also starred in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Line of Duty, and recent spy thriller All the Old Knives, announced last year she was going to use her real name professionally after 30 years of having her name spelt incorrectly.
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"That's my name. It's always been my name," she said. "I'm taking back what's mine."
"The director of my first film asked to use my actual name for the character, because it was authentic and beautiful. I felt flattered and agreed.
"And then in the credits they used my 'nickname' to differentiate from the character name. They stole my name. And I'm taking it back."
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Meanwhile, Salma Hayek appeared in last year's Marvel's Eternals and House of Gucci, playing the leader of a race of immortal super-beings and a psychic with a side hustle in assassination respectively.
It is expected that the scenes filmed with Thandiwe's character will be reshot.
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